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'Black Thursday' Shopping Ban Shouldn't Be Limited to 3 States - How do you feel about shopping on Thanksgiving?

Forget Black Friday ... This year is all about "Black Thursday," aka shopping ON Thanksgiving. Because why should we stay home and be with our families, eating turkey, talking to one another, being merry without spending money ... when we could be at the MALL, nabbing doorbusters and deals on TVs, phablets, Xboxes, Baby Alive dolls, etc.!?! Ugh.

That seems to be the disheartening rationale of a few retailers with Thanksgiving shopping hours this year ... But thankfully (see what I did there?), it'll be illegal for stores to open on Turkey Day in at least three states! Rhode Island, Maine, and Massachusetts all have "bluelaws," dating back to colonial times that ban shopping on Thanksgiving and Christmas. Sounds like something that should be a FEDERAL law, extended to all states!

While
various states still have blue laws outlawing shopping or purchasing of
certain goods (like alcohol) on Sunday, only these three New England
states -- as well as Bergen county, New Jersey, known for its strict Sunday shopping ban, which extends to some of the state's biggest, most popular malls -- are flat-out refusing to allow Black Thursday.
BRAVO to those local governments for standing their ground, despite
efforts of retail groups to complain that shoppers are crossing into
other states (womp, womp!) and aggressive attempts to change the laws.

This isn't just about preserving a day in which we are forced to
focus on something other than materialism and commercialism. It's about
giving workers a reprieve and the chance to be with their loved ones on
one of the biggest, most family-oriented holidays of the year! The idea
of Black Thursday is so unnerving for that reason alone. Are we really
okay with being so greedy that we can't even give retail workers a break on Thanksgiving?

You now, while I hate it that some people have to work on Thanksgiving, I've done it myself before because when you need the money, you need it. But it should be up to individuals to decide whether or not they want to shop, imo. Here in SC, we had a blue law in effect not too long ago, and it really irked me that on Sundays, I could go to store on Sunday mornings to buy something for dinner, but had to wait until after 1:30 in the afternoon if I wanted to buy a new pot to cook it in.

I don't give a shit about Black Thursday. I would manage just fine without it, but I don't care enough to have a reaction to it. I'm a "work with what you have" kind of a person, so since Black Thursday is apparently a thing, I might go out tonight, if my mom-person decides she's up to it. I'm not boycotting shopping just because someone's butthurt that they have to work.

Are they going to make it illegal for hospitals and fire stations to be open too? What about police stations, gas stations, wrecker services?

I think it's great. If you're in a car wreck on the way to grandma's house, you should have to lay there until Friday because the cops and ambulance workers shouldn't have to work and rush you to the hospital. And the doctors and nurses should be home with their families instead of treating your injuries from the wreck.

I didn't go shopping on Thanksgiving, but thought about going to the movies. Is going to the movies on Thanksgiving a bad thing? It's kind of like shopping. If retail businesses have enough workers who agree, not forced, to work, then I think it's ok.

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